1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	7th Prince of Wales
1979–80 record	30-37-13
Goals for	251
Goals against	303
Team information
General manager	Baz Bastien
Coach	Johnny Wilson
Captain	Orest Kindrachuk
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Kehoe (30)
Assists	Greg Malone (32)
Points	Rick Kehoe (60)
Penalty minutes	Kim Clackson (166)
Wins	Greg Millen (18)
Goals against average	Nick Ricci (3.50)

The 1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 13th in the National Hockey League. They finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in Preliminary round to the Boston Bruins 3 games to 2.

Off-season

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
2	31.	Paul Marshall	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
3	52.	Bennett Wolf	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
4	73.	Brian Cross	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
5	94.	Nick Ricci	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
6	115.	Marc Chorney	Canada	University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (WCHA)

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	80	47	20	13	328	240	107
Los Angeles Kings	80	30	36	14	290	313	74
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	251	303	73
Hartford Whalers	80	27	34	19	303	312	73
Detroit Red Wings	80	26	43	11	268	306	63

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1979	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	1–0–0
2	T	October 13, 1979	3–3	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	1–0–1
3	W	October 14, 1979	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	2–0–1
4	L	October 17, 1979	4–5	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	2–1–1
5	W	October 20, 1979	5–1	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	3–1–1
6	L	October 21, 1979	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	3–2–1
7	L	October 24, 1979	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	3–3–1
8	L	October 25, 1979	5–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	3–4–1
9	W	October 31, 1979	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	4–4–1
10	T	November 3, 1979	3–3	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	4–4–2
11	T	November 7, 1979	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	4–4–3
12	L	November 10, 1979	1–6	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	4–5–3
13	W	November 11, 1979	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	5–5–3
14	T	November 15, 1979	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	5–5–4
15	L	November 16, 1979	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	5–6–4
16	W	November 18, 1979	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	6–6–4
17	W	November 21, 1979	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	7–6–4
18	L	November 23, 1979	1–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	7–7–4
19	W	November 24, 1979	5–3	New York Rangers (1979–80)	8–7–4
20	W	November 28, 1979	7–2	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	9–7–4
21	L	November 30, 1979	5–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	9–8–4
22	W	December 1, 1979	5–4	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	10–8–4
23	T	December 5, 1979	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	10–8–5
24	W	December 7, 1979	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	11–8–5
25	T	December 8, 1979	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	11–8–6
26	T	December 11, 1979	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	11–8–7
27	T	December 12, 1979	3–3	New York Islanders (1979–80)	11–8–8
28	T	December 15, 1979	3–3	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	11–8–9
29	L	December 16, 1979	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	11–9–9
30	T	December 19, 1979	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	11–9–10
31	T	December 20, 1979	1–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	11–9–11
32	L	December 22, 1979	3–4	New York Rangers (1979–80)	11–10–11
33	W	December 26, 1979	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	12–10–11
34	W	December 28, 1979	4–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	13–10–11
35	W	December 29, 1979	3–2	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	14–10–11
36	L	December 31, 1979	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	14–11–11
37	W	January 2, 1980	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	15–11–11
38	W	January 3, 1980	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	16–11–11
39	L	January 5, 1980	4–5	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	16–12–11
40	L	January 7, 1980	5–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	16–13–11
41	W	January 9, 1980	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	17–13–11
42	L	January 12, 1980	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	17–14–11
43	W	January 16, 1980	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	18–14–11
44	L	January 17, 1980	1–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	18–15–11
45	L	January 19, 1980	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	18–16–11
46	L	January 23, 1980	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	18–17–11
47	L	January 24, 1980	1–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	18–18–11
48	L	January 26, 1980	4–6	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	18–19–11
49	W	January 27, 1980	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	19–19–11
50	L	January 30, 1980	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	19–20–11
51	L	January 31, 1980	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	19–21–11
52	L	February 2, 1980	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	19–22–11
53	L	February 7, 1980	0–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	19–23–11
54	L	February 9, 1980	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	19–24–11
55	L	February 10, 1980	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	19–25–11
56	W	February 13, 1980	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	20–25–11
57	L	February 16, 1980	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	20–26–11
58	L	February 17, 1980	5–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	20–27–11
59	W	February 20, 1980	7–5	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	21–27–11
60	W	February 23, 1980	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	22–27–11
61	L	February 24, 1980	0–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	22–28–11
62	W	February 27, 1980	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	23–28–11
63	T	March 2, 1980	0–0	New York Islanders (1979–80)	23–28–12
64	L	March 3, 1980	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	23–29–12
65	L	March 5, 1980	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	23–30–12
66	W	March 8, 1980	5–4	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	24–30–12
67	L	March 9, 1980	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	24–31–12
68	L	March 11, 1980	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	24–32–12
69	W	March 12, 1980	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	25–32–12
70	W	March 15, 1980	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	26–32–12
71	L	March 18, 1980	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	26–33–12
72	L	March 21, 1980	2–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	26–34–12
73	W	March 23, 1980	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	27–34–12
74	W	March 25, 1980	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	28–34–12
75	T	March 27, 1980	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	28–34–13
76	L	March 28, 1980	0–5	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	28–35–13
77	W	March 30, 1980	4–0	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	29–35–13
78	L	April 1, 1980	2–6	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	29–36–13
79	W	April 2, 1980	6–4	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	30–36–13
80	L	April 5, 1980	1–9	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	30–37–13

Player Stats

Skaters

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

			Regular Season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rick Kehoe	17		79	30	30	60	4		5	2	5	7	0
Greg Malone	12		51	19	32	51	46		-	-	-	-	-
George Ferguson	11		73	21	28	49	36		5	0	3	3	4
Orest Kindrachuk	26		52	17	29	46	63		-	-	-	-	-
Peter Lee	10		74	16	29	45	20		4	0	1	1	0
Gary McAdam	16		78	19	22	41	63		5	1	2	3	9
Rod Schutt	23		73	18	21	39	43		5	2	1	3	6
Gregg Sheppard	19		76	13	24	37	20		5	1	1	2	0
Randy Carlyle	25		67	8	28	36	45		5	1	0	1	4
Ross Lonsberry	18		76	15	18	33	36		5	2	1	3	2
Ron Stackhouse	3		78	6	27	33	36		5	1	0	1	18
Pat Hughes	24		76	18	14	32	78		5	0	0	0	21
Russ Anderson	7		76	5	22	27	150		5	0	2	2	14
Nick Libett	14		78	14	12	26	14		5	1	1	2	0
Paul Marshall	20		46	9	12	21	9		1	0	0	0	0
Mario Faubert	5		49	5	13	18	31		2	0	1	1	0
Dale Tallon	4		32	5	9	14	18		4	0	0	0	4
Kim Davis	22		24	3	7	10	43		4	0	0	0	0
Bob Stewart†	8		65	3	7	10	52		5	1	1	2	2
Mark Johnson	9		17	3	5	8	4		5	2	2	4	0
Tom Bladon	2		57	2	6	8	35		1	0	1	1	0
Greg Millen	29		44	0	3	3	14		5	0	0	0	0
Kim Clackson	6		45	0	3	3	166		3	0	0	0	37
Jim Hamilton	28		10	2	0	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
Blair Chapman‡	9		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Nick Ricci	31		4	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Rob Holland	1		34	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. ^‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders

Note: GP= Games played; TOI= Time on ice (minutes); W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Nick Ricci	31		4	240	2	2	0	14	0	3.50		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Millen	29		44	2586	18	18	7	157	2	3.64		5	300	2	3	21	0	4.20
Rob Holland	1		34	1974	10	17	6	126	1	3.83		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and Records

• The Penguins did not receive any awards this season.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1979–80 season:

Trades

August 3, 1979	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Libett	To Detroit Red Wings Peter Mahovlich
August 30, 1979	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rob Holland Pat Hughes	To Montreal Canadiens Denis Herron 2nd round pick in 1982 Draft (Jocelyn Gauvreau)
November 13, 1979	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Stewart	To St. Louis Blues Blair Chapman

Additions and Subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via

Subtractions Player New team Via Wayne Bianchin Edmonton Oilers Expansion Draft (1979-06-13) Colin Campbell Edmonton Oilers Expansion Draft (1979-06-13) John Flesch Colorado Rockies free agency (1980-01-30)

References

• Penguins on Hockey Database